Good MorningTraders face a critical turning point this week. The FOMC meets this week and will release its policy statement on Wednesday. The committee is unlikely to alter policy at this meeting, but will likely issue a statement indicating potential for cuts if the data and conditions allow. As it is, inflation has subsided relative to 2024 and is tracking toward the Fed's target. If this trend continues, the Fed will likely cut rates over the summer and potentially two to three more times by year's end.
Other hurdles this week include earnings. The Q1 earnings season is winding down, with the only major group left to report being the retailers. This week's action will consist of a report from Advanced Micro Devices that will either affirm or refute the idea that it can gain traction and take share from NVIDIA. If the answer is no, this stock will likely fall to new lows and weigh heavily on broad market sentiment. Featured: SAGA Metals nears a key milestone in critical minerals race (Ad) 
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Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) closed just under $140 last Friday, continuing its modest rally after the post-earnings dip.
Shares are still down around 6% from where they were before last week's report, despite the company beating analyst expectations on both headline figures.
That's a tough pi... Read the Full Story |
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Monster Beverage’s (NASDAQ: MNST) stock received an unwelcome short report that has produced a headwind for the share price.
Spruce Point alleged issues with increased competition, increased regulatory hurdles, and unsustainable international growth among other causes for concern.
Howev... Read the Full Story |
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Onsemi's (NASDAQ: ON) stock price action hit its bottom in late April and offered an attractive entry in May. The Q1 results weren’t spectacular, with revenue contracting by 22%, but they were better than expected. Guidance was also raised above the analysts' consensus, and both align with a... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Trader Chris Pulver says a new SEC document dropping the day-trading limit to $2,000 has created the biggest retail opportunity he has seen in over 30 years.
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Markets have become especially accustomed to tech buybacks in recent years. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, companies in the S&P 500 tech sector spent a whopping $253 billion on buybacks in 2024.
This represents by far the highest level of buyback spending by any sector, accounting fo... Read the Full Story |
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The world has gone quiet on cryptocurrency lately as the bulk of attention centers on the potential economic impacts of the trade tariffs rolled out by President Trump. However, just like the stock market, the cryptocurrency asset class has become both correlated and forward-looking, with the outl... Read the Full Story |
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Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) closed out last week just under the $190 mark, following a much-anticipated earnings report that, while beating expectations on both revenue and EPS, came with cautious guidance that initially held shares back from breaking higher.
Still, the stock’s price ac... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) closed just under $290 before the weekend, marking a stunning 30% rebound from their pre-earnings low earlier this month. The stock is still down from its December all-time highs, but the tone has changed.
The rally comes despite the company missing analyst ... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) have been on a roller coaster of a ride over the past 12 months, swinging by triple-digit percentage points due to company-specific speculation and industry-wide uncertainties impacting future expectations of the business fundamentals. Some of t... Read the Full Story |
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The most exciting quarter of the year is now being reported for some of the biggest companies in the stock market today. Still, despite some positive results being floated out there, some stocks (and their price action) simply haven’t reacted according to what is happening underneath the h... Read the Full Story |
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The market is a greedy machine with many objectives, one of which is to transfer money from impatient and short-sighted investors into the hands of the savvy and patient. In today’s uncertainty and volatility, born out of President Trump's recent trade tariff rollouts, there are new opportun... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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